Passover Blessings,
Readings and More

Looking for Passover blessings, readings, songs, and prayers for your Seder? Great, because Passover has a LOT going on. There’s the story of the Exodus, four questions, ten plagues, and enough symbolic food to make your head spin. Whether you’re hosting your first Seder or your fiftieth, we’ve gathered meaningful readings, traditional blessings, and a few laughs to help bring the story of freedom to life. Because a great Seder should be about more than waiting for the matzah ball soup.

And if you’d rather not piece together an entire Seder yourself, download our FREE Passover Haggadah. We’ve got the blessings, songs, skits, and explanations all in one place. You’re welcome.

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Passover Readings

Take Us Out Of Egypt

(To the tune of “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”) Take us out of Egypt, free us from slavery.Bake us some matzah, in a haste.Don’t worry ’bout flavor,give no...

There’s No Seder Like Our Seder

(To the tune of “There’s No Business Like Show Business”) There’s no Seder like our Seder,Like no Seder I know.Everything about it is halachic.Nothing that the Torah won’t allow.Listen how...

A Passover Song

(To the tune of “My Favorite Things”) Cleaning and cooking and so many dishes.Out with the chametz, no pasta, no knishes.Fish that’s gefillted, horseradish that stings.These are a few of...

Passover Round

Roasted shankboneHard-boiled eggKarpas and charosetBitter herbs-Randi Spiegel

Pharaoh Pharaoh

Pharaoh, Pharaoh! Oh baby! Let my people go!Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!Singin’ Pharaoh, Pharaoh! Oh baby!Let my people go! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!A burnin’ bush told me just the other daythat...

Dayeinu

One of most beloved songs in the Passover Seder is “Dayeinu.” It commemorates a long list of miraculous things God did, any one of which would have been pretty amazing...

Just A Tad Of Charoset

Oh, back in Egypt long ago, the Jews were slaves under Pharaoh.They sweated and toiled and labored through the day,So when we gather pesach night, we do what we think right,maror, we chew, to...

Chad Gadya (One Little Goat)

Chad gadya, chad gadyaDizabin aba bitrei zuzei,Chad gadya, chad gadya Chad gadya, chad gadyaAn only kid! An only kid!My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya, chad gadya Then came the...

I Could Have Eaten More

I could have eaten more,I could have eaten more,but it’s afikomen time.The Seder ritualsand all those victuals,the evening was sublime.I had my matzah with charosetand matzah dipped in chocolate too.I...

HaMotzi (Blessing Over The Bread)

HaMotzi is the traditional Jewish blessing over bread, and it’s one of those little rituals that shows up just about everywhere in Jewish life. Shabbat dinners, holiday meals, weddings, baby...

Grace After The Meal

A lovely way to end your meal. This short blessing gives thanks for the food you’ve eaten and for feeling satisfied as a result. In Judaism, saying thank you for...

Woman’s Prayer At Candle Lighting

May you grant my family and all Israel a good and long life. Remember us with blessings and kindness. Give me the opportunity to raise my children and grandchildren to...

Kiddush (Blessing Over The Wine)

Fill your cup with the first glass of wine, lift the cup, say the Kiddush, and drink, leaning to the left. All Jewish celebrations, from holidays to weddings, include wine...

Four Questions

The telling of the story of Passover is framed as a discussion with questions and answers. The tradition that the youngest person asks the questions reflects the idea of involving...

Rachtza (Hand Washing With A Blessing)

It’s time to wash hands again, but this time with the blessing. It’s customary not to speak at all between washing your hands and saying the blessings over the matzah:...

Motzi Matzah (Eating the Matzah)

Raise the matzah and recite two blessings: the regular bread blessing and then one specifically mentioning the mitzvah of eating matzah at Passover. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi...

Maror (The Bitter Herb)

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror. Blessed are You, Spirit of the Universe, who commands us to eat bitter herbs.

Korech (Matzah Sandwich Of Bitter Herb And Charoset)

While the English Earl of Sandwich is generally credited for inventing the snack of his namesake, Hillel may have originated it two thousand years ago by combining matzah, a slice...

Barech/Birkat Hamazon (Grace After The Meal)

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam, hazan et ha’olam kulo b’tuvo b’chen b’chesed w’rachamin. Hu noten lechem l’chol basar ki l’olam chasdo. Uv’tuvo hagadol tamid lo chasar lanu v’al yech’sar...

Elijah’s Cup

We now refill our wine glasses one last time and open the front door to invite the prophet, Elijah to join our Seder. In the Bible, Elijah was a fierce...

Nirtzah (Ending The Seder)

Our Seder is over, according to Jewish tradition and law. As we had the pleasure to gather for a Seder this year, we hope to once again have the opportunity...

Traditional Children’s Blessing

This short reading asks for God’s blessing for our children, and calls on the strength of our ancestors to protect and guide them. One of the sweetest Shabbat traditions is...

Urchatz (Hand Washing In Preparation For The Seder)

Water is refreshing, cleansing, and clear, so it’s easy to understand why so many cultures and religions use water for symbolic purification. Washing hands twice during our Seder: now, with...

Karpas (Dipping A Green Vegetable In Salt Water)

Passover, like many of our holidays, combines the celebration of an event from our Jewish memory with recognition of the cycles of nature. As we remember the liberation from Egypt,...

Passover Prayers and Blessings

HaMotzi (Blessing Over The Bread)

HaMotzi is the traditional Jewish blessing over bread, and it’s one of those little rituals that shows up just about everywhere in Jewish life. Shabbat dinners, holiday meals, weddings, baby...

Grace After The Meal

A lovely way to end your meal. This short blessing gives thanks for the food you’ve eaten and for feeling satisfied as a result. In Judaism, saying thank you for...

Woman’s Prayer At Candle Lighting

May you grant my family and all Israel a good and long life. Remember us with blessings and kindness. Give me the opportunity to raise my children and grandchildren to...

Kiddush (Blessing Over The Wine)

Fill your cup with the first glass of wine, lift the cup, say the Kiddush, and drink, leaning to the left. All Jewish celebrations, from holidays to weddings, include wine...

Four Questions

The telling of the story of Passover is framed as a discussion with questions and answers. The tradition that the youngest person asks the questions reflects the idea of involving...

Rachtza (Hand Washing With A Blessing)

It’s time to wash hands again, but this time with the blessing. It’s customary not to speak at all between washing your hands and saying the blessings over the matzah:...

Motzi Matzah (Eating the Matzah)

Raise the matzah and recite two blessings: the regular bread blessing and then one specifically mentioning the mitzvah of eating matzah at Passover. Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, hamotzi...

Maror (The Bitter Herb)

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha-olam, asher kid’shanu b’mitzvotav v’tzivanu al achilat maror. Blessed are You, Spirit of the Universe, who commands us to eat bitter herbs.

Korech (Matzah Sandwich Of Bitter Herb And Charoset)

While the English Earl of Sandwich is generally credited for inventing the snack of his namesake, Hillel may have originated it two thousand years ago by combining matzah, a slice...

Barech/Birkat Hamazon (Grace After The Meal)

Baruch atah Adonai, Eloheinu melech ha’olam, hazan et ha’olam kulo b’tuvo b’chen b’chesed w’rachamin. Hu noten lechem l’chol basar ki l’olam chasdo. Uv’tuvo hagadol tamid lo chasar lanu v’al yech’sar...

Elijah’s Cup

We now refill our wine glasses one last time and open the front door to invite the prophet, Elijah to join our Seder. In the Bible, Elijah was a fierce...

Nirtzah (Ending The Seder)

Our Seder is over, according to Jewish tradition and law. As we had the pleasure to gather for a Seder this year, we hope to once again have the opportunity...

Traditional Children’s Blessing

This short reading asks for God’s blessing for our children, and calls on the strength of our ancestors to protect and guide them. One of the sweetest Shabbat traditions is...

Urchatz (Hand Washing In Preparation For The Seder)

Water is refreshing, cleansing, and clear, so it’s easy to understand why so many cultures and religions use water for symbolic purification. Washing hands twice during our Seder: now, with...

Karpas (Dipping A Green Vegetable In Salt Water)

Passover, like many of our holidays, combines the celebration of an event from our Jewish memory with recognition of the cycles of nature. As we remember the liberation from Egypt,...

Yachatz (Breaking The Middle Matzah)

There are three pieces of matzah stacked on the table. We now break the middle matzah into two pieces. One piece is called the Afikomen, literally “dessert” in Greek. The...

Passover Songs

Take Us Out Of Egypt

(To the tune of “Take Me Out To The Ball Game”) Take us out of Egypt, free us from slavery.Bake us some matzah, in a haste.Don’t worry ’bout flavor,give no...

There’s No Seder Like Our Seder

(To the tune of “There’s No Business Like Show Business”) There’s no Seder like our Seder,Like no Seder I know.Everything about it is halachic.Nothing that the Torah won’t allow.Listen how...

A Passover Song

(To the tune of “My Favorite Things”) Cleaning and cooking and so many dishes.Out with the chametz, no pasta, no knishes.Fish that’s gefillted, horseradish that stings.These are a few of...

Passover Round

Roasted shankboneHard-boiled eggKarpas and charosetBitter herbs-Randi Spiegel

Pharaoh Pharaoh

Pharaoh, Pharaoh! Oh baby! Let my people go!Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!Singin’ Pharaoh, Pharaoh! Oh baby!Let my people go! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!A burnin’ bush told me just the other daythat...

Dayeinu

One of most beloved songs in the Passover Seder is “Dayeinu.” It commemorates a long list of miraculous things God did, any one of which would have been pretty amazing...

Just A Tad Of Charoset

Oh, back in Egypt long ago, the Jews were slaves under Pharaoh.They sweated and toiled and labored through the day,So when we gather pesach night, we do what we think right,maror, we chew, to...

Chad Gadya (One Little Goat)

Chad gadya, chad gadyaDizabin aba bitrei zuzei,Chad gadya, chad gadya Chad gadya, chad gadyaAn only kid! An only kid!My father bought for two zuzimChad gadya, chad gadya Then came the...

I Could Have Eaten More

I could have eaten more,I could have eaten more,but it’s afikomen time.The Seder ritualsand all those victuals,the evening was sublime.I had my matzah with charosetand matzah dipped in chocolate too.I...

Passover Skits

Maggid: The Story Of Passover

-A JewBelong Original What If God Hadn’t Taken Our Ancestors Out Of Egypt?It’s hard to even imagine, but if the Exodus story had a different ending, we might still be...

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